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karzai is playing a game. he is bickering that we want to deal more than he wants the deal , or he thinks we have to have a deal. i think we do not play this game of chicken and walk away. this deal is really important. by the way, it also sends a message to our adversaries and allies in the region. that is not helpful to us given what has happened in the middle east. -- >> on behalf of the audience year, thank you for being here to show us your depth and commands of these issues, and your bipartisan leadership in the congress and committee. thank you. >> thanks for having me. [applause] >> great to see you. thank you very much. >> if you could all stay seated, we are going to begin the next session right away with representative christopher van hollen. christopher van hollen was elected to the congress in 2002 representing maryland's eight district and quickly rose to become one of the youngest members of the democratic leadership, serving as chairman of the democratic congressional campaign committee and as
karzai is playing a game. he is bickering that we want to deal more than he wants the deal , or he thinks we have to have a deal. i think we do not play this game of chicken and walk away. this deal is really important. by the way, it also sends a message to our adversaries and allies in the region. that is not helpful to us given what has happened in the middle east. -- >> on behalf of the audience year, thank you for being here to show us your depth and commands of these issues, and...
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karzai is playing a game and i think he is figuring we want to the deal more than he wants the deal or he thinks we have to have a deal and i hope we don't play this game of chicken and turn away and walk away and i don't think that is where the mindset is. this deal is really important and by the way it sends a message both to our adversaries and their allies in the region that we are not just going to pac up and go home. that is not helpful given what has happened in the middle east. >> mr. chairman on behalf of sais and our audience here today want to thank you for taking the time with us, for showing us your depth and command of these vital national security issues and your bipartisan leadership on the committee and in congress. >> thank you very much. thanks for having me. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> he if you could all stay seated we are going to begin the next session right away with representative christopher van hollen. christopher van hollen was elected to congress in 2002 representing maryland's eighth district and he quickly rose to become one of the youngest me
karzai is playing a game and i think he is figuring we want to the deal more than he wants the deal or he thinks we have to have a deal and i hope we don't play this game of chicken and turn away and walk away and i don't think that is where the mindset is. this deal is really important and by the way it sends a message both to our adversaries and their allies in the region that we are not just going to pac up and go home. that is not helpful given what has happened in the middle east. >>...
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karzai is playing a game. he is bickering that we want to deal more than he wants the deal, or he thinks we have to have a deal. i think we do not play this game of chicken and walk away. this deal is really important. by the way, it also sends a message to our adversaries and allies in the region. that is not helpful to us given what has happened in the middle east. >> on behalf of the audience year, thank you for being here to show us your depth and commands of these issues, and your bipartisan leadership in the congress and committee. thank you. >> thanks for having me. [applause] >> great to see you. thank you very much. >> if you could all stay seated, we are going to begin the next session right away with representative christopher van hollen. christopher van hollen was elected to the congress in 2002 representing maryland's eight district and quickly rose to become one of the youngest members of the democratic leadership, serving as chairman of the democratic congressional campaign committee and as assi
karzai is playing a game. he is bickering that we want to deal more than he wants the deal, or he thinks we have to have a deal. i think we do not play this game of chicken and walk away. this deal is really important. by the way, it also sends a message to our adversaries and allies in the region. that is not helpful to us given what has happened in the middle east. >> on behalf of the audience year, thank you for being here to show us your depth and commands of these issues, and your...
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secretary of state insisting other officials could approve the deal mr karzai is demanding a halt to all american military operations after the u.s. combat mission in the country and in two thousand and fourteen washington wants to leave up to sixteen thousand soldiers in afghanistan and as pushing for permission to raid afghan homes as well as legal immunity for u.s. troop. the secretary of state john kerry tried to work around karzai and passed saying the afghan minister of defense or the government could sign the security deal instead however his own deputy spokesperson tried to play down this claim. simple statement of fact it wasn't meant to indicate any policy decision or shift or change at all in any way it was just a statement of fact that technically it's possible for international agreements for . an official other than a president to sign then this is we weren't indicating this is our preference and anyway we've said very publicly that we'd like president karzai to as soon as possible sign this agreement so it was very much just a statement of fact and david thompson is a
secretary of state insisting other officials could approve the deal mr karzai is demanding a halt to all american military operations after the u.s. combat mission in the country and in two thousand and fourteen washington wants to leave up to sixteen thousand soldiers in afghanistan and as pushing for permission to raid afghan homes as well as legal immunity for u.s. troop. the secretary of state john kerry tried to work around karzai and passed saying the afghan minister of defense or the...
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doesn't need to cut a deal with hamid karzai of afghanistan. >>> next, how to understand the booming american economy. i'll ask the man who presided over great growth and some critics charge also helped create many bubbles. former fed chair, alan greenspan. >>> and as we approach the first anniversary of the new town massacre, what can the u.s. learn from other nations about gun policy. i'll take you to japan for a fascinating look at a nation that loves violent video games but has a gun death rate that is very different from america's. it's a preview of a gps special airing tonight at 7:00 p.m. eastern. >>> but first, here's my take. when nelson mandela was released from prison in 1990, i remember being struck by how old-fashioned he seemed. he spoke with the language cadence and manners from the 1930s, 40s and 1950s. he reminded me of the great national leaders of the post colonial world who led their countries to freedom. he had the same way of speaking and dressing, the same dignity and bearing, the same sense of history. and mandela was a throw back to an early time. who changed
doesn't need to cut a deal with hamid karzai of afghanistan. >>> next, how to understand the booming american economy. i'll ask the man who presided over great growth and some critics charge also helped create many bubbles. former fed chair, alan greenspan. >>> and as we approach the first anniversary of the new town massacre, what can the u.s. learn from other nations about gun policy. i'll take you to japan for a fascinating look at a nation that loves violent video games...
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otherwise karzai says he won't sign a new security deal. failure to reach an agreement could mean the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan in 2014. >>> an 85-year-old man held in north korea was set free today. he was reunited with his wife. during his captivity he appeared on north korean state television reading what was described as a confession. he was removed from a plane as he was about to leave that country. north korean officials claim he was conspireing with anti-government parties in north career yeah. >>> the prime minister of japan is trying to defuse a conflict between japan and china. they lay claim to islands in the east china sea. china had a cool reaction to the proposal. a foreign ministry spokesman said, quo it, the problem is gentleman man cannot look straight at history and reality. >>> turning to the middle east, the israeli army said one of its military vehicles was damaged by a dom set off on the other side of the border. no one was injured. authorities say it was unclear who was behind the attack. the israeli milit
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if i could, karzai has the same problem. he is a little bit crazy, is not trustworthy, tries to get the best deal for himself -- not necessarily for his people, but for himself. not aneceptive and honest broker. you see that off and on in these backroom middle eastern countries more than you do anywhere else. host: leading us to the headlines today in the paper about the afghanistan deal that john kerry is trying to negotiate along with nato, getting karzai to sign it. the headline in "the washington post ," is that it is in peril. it has been in peril the whole time. it is going to hurt the international community's help afghanistan. people will not invest billions of dollars if they do not know where the money is going, if it is just going into the corrupt pockets of an afghan official. i do not know what the problem of karzai is. i truly do not. for all the help, the money, the lives that the international community has given to make themselves safer because afghanistan was the hot spot of international terrorist the paki
if i could, karzai has the same problem. he is a little bit crazy, is not trustworthy, tries to get the best deal for himself -- not necessarily for his people, but for himself. not aneceptive and honest broker. you see that off and on in these backroom middle eastern countries more than you do anywhere else. host: leading us to the headlines today in the paper about the afghanistan deal that john kerry is trying to negotiate along with nato, getting karzai to sign it. the headline in "the...
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and strongly recommended to president karzai to sign it. every public official we've heard from in afghanistan has strongly supported the signing of that agreement. the issue of who has the authority to speak for the sovereign nation of afghanistan, i suppose the lawyers can figure that out. what we would be interested in, sort has secretary of defense, is whatever document is agreed to. as you know it has to go to their department for ratification not unlike our senate and the treaty. and if it's ratified by their parliament, then whether it's the minister of defense or the president, someone who has the authority to sign on behalf of afghanistan, i suspect, i suspect that would fulfill the kind of commitment we need but i don't want to veer too much further into legal territory until i have a further understanding of what exactly the authorities are. >> thank you. so you know from our perspective as a look at the dsa, what we need to account for is the freedom of movement for military personnel, we'll have to deal to move freely in order
and strongly recommended to president karzai to sign it. every public official we've heard from in afghanistan has strongly supported the signing of that agreement. the issue of who has the authority to speak for the sovereign nation of afghanistan, i suppose the lawyers can figure that out. what we would be interested in, sort has secretary of defense, is whatever document is agreed to. as you know it has to go to their department for ratification not unlike our senate and the treaty. and if...
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that agreement was the texts presented to loya jirga which president karzai empanelled. the loya jirga strongly endorsed that texts, that agreement and strongly recommended to president karzai to sign it. every public official we have heard from in afghanistan has strongly supported the signing of that agreement. now, the issue of who has the authority to speak for this offering nation of afghanistan, i suppose the lawyers can figure that out. but we would be interested in certainly a secretary of defense is whatever document is agreed to and as you know it has to be the parliament for ratification and if it's ratified at the parliament than whether it's the then the minister of defense or the president, someone who has the authority to sign on behalf of afghanistan. i suspect that would fulfill the kind of commitment we need, but i don't want to fear too much further into the legal territory until i have a further understanding of what exact he the authority sorry. >> yes, sir trade thank you. from our perspective as you look at the psa what we need to account for just
that agreement was the texts presented to loya jirga which president karzai empanelled. the loya jirga strongly endorsed that texts, that agreement and strongly recommended to president karzai to sign it. every public official we have heard from in afghanistan has strongly supported the signing of that agreement. now, the issue of who has the authority to speak for this offering nation of afghanistan, i suppose the lawyers can figure that out. but we would be interested in certainly a secretary...
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that is what karzai's problem is. i don't understand how it benefits him to not get the international aid that he's been offered and international support to build this country up in a freer, more westernized way. there is no upside except he gets to keep his kind of dominant hold on the afghan population. >> host: stephen illinois sends the same. don't sanctions ultimately push ordinary citizens of the nation who were put under sanctions, the few leaders to live comfortably while citizens suffer? in other words, an from within. just go there was an uprising a few years ago. unfortunately, this administration didn't do anything to help it. so we let it slide down. the iranian brownshirts beaten and killed. hundreds have uranian regular people, students and people protesting. as a protest not against american sanctions, but the heavy handedness of the rainy government. this is not a free government were talking about here. >> host: hi tracy, you are in the air with congressman dncan hunter. >> caller: good morning. wit
that is what karzai's problem is. i don't understand how it benefits him to not get the international aid that he's been offered and international support to build this country up in a freer, more westernized way. there is no upside except he gets to keep his kind of dominant hold on the afghan population. >> host: stephen illinois sends the same. don't sanctions ultimately push ordinary citizens of the nation who were put under sanctions, the few leaders to live comfortably while...
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if i could, karzai has the same problem. he is a little bit crazy, is not trustworthy, tries to get the best deal for himself -- not necessarily for his people, but for himself. not aneceptive and honest broker. you see that off and on in these backroom middle eastern countries more than you do anywhere else. host: leading us to the headlines today in the paper about the afghanistan deal that john kerry is trying to negotiate along with nato, getting karzai to sign it. the headline in "the washington post ," is that it is in peril. it has been in peril the whole time. it is going to hurt the international community's help afghanistan. people will not invest billions of dollars if they do not know where the money is going, if it is just going into the corrupt pockets of an afghan official. i do not know what the problem of karzai is. i truly do not. for all the help, the money, the lives that the international community has given to make themselves safer because afghanistan was the hot spot of international terrorist the paki
if i could, karzai has the same problem. he is a little bit crazy, is not trustworthy, tries to get the best deal for himself -- not necessarily for his people, but for himself. not aneceptive and honest broker. you see that off and on in these backroom middle eastern countries more than you do anywhere else. host: leading us to the headlines today in the paper about the afghanistan deal that john kerry is trying to negotiate along with nato, getting karzai to sign it. the headline in "the...
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karzai said they are with holding the fly? an attempt to sign the 2k3wr5e789. >> from the "los angeles times," officials say speed may have been a factor in the crash that killed actor paul walker and his friend over the weekend. according to police the fast and furious star left a charity event he was hosting as a passenger in a red porsche, witnesses at the event say they heard a loud boom and saw smoke from the accident. walker was in the middle of filming fast and furious 7, the latest in the film's franchise. vin diesel and others paid tribute on twitter and other social media. he leaves behind a 15-year-old daughter. he was 40 years old. >> bizarre. he was at a charity event and gets in a car and the guy drives off with him? >> he was the passenger in the car. >> he runs into a pole and blows up. >> the pictures of the scene afterwards, you can hardly make out that it was a car. it was a horrific scene. i never met him, but he was supposed to be a great, generous, kind and humble guy. an awful tragedy. >> terrible story.
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afghan president hamid karzai so far has not signed the proposal. also this, the federal consumer finance watchdog agency is expanding its oversight to sallie mae and other companies that collect student loan payments. the issue today by the consumer financial protection bureau extends the agency to the non- banking companies that manage large volumes of student loans on behalf of lenders. and also this from the white house. the obama administration is launching a healthcare strategy this month aimed at avoiding enrollment snafus come january and also trying to refocus public attention on the broad benefits of the law. president obama will focus on the benefits of a white house event to date by americans for the white house they have benefited from the overhaul the president will try to remind americans that the health care law is preventing insurance discrimination against those with pre-existing conditions and allowing young people to stay on their parents coverage until age 26. we will cover the events at the white house line starting 2:30 easter
afghan president hamid karzai so far has not signed the proposal. also this, the federal consumer finance watchdog agency is expanding its oversight to sallie mae and other companies that collect student loan payments. the issue today by the consumer financial protection bureau extends the agency to the non- banking companies that manage large volumes of student loans on behalf of lenders. and also this from the white house. the obama administration is launching a healthcare strategy this month...
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particularlyan and provennt karzai have difficult to work with. now you are seeing comments from chuck hagel starting to say we might go ahead and pack it up. i think it will be interesting to see, this is such a politically delicate matter. to see where the white house comes down on this. we had a similar conversation to ago as we were packing up from a rack -- from iraq. the issue was whether troops were going to grant immunity from prosecution, and the pentagon agreed they would not leave any troops. so we had a complete withdraw from a rack. it looks like we might be going down that road in afghanistan, too. the next few weeks will be critical to that discussion because the dod needs in the next few months to begin to plant whether they will literally pack up -- to plan whether they will literally pack up every tank, soldier, housing unit, and put that back on a boat to the states or whether ony will leave the footprint the outskirts of kabul for the long haul. that takes a long time of planning and forethought. on ouroodson in florida, line f
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it's a bad thing president karzai is playing politics with this and not getting on and doing it. it is crucial. there's an election in afghanistan next year. the question will be is there enough credibility in that election to keep the security situation under control and it will require some continued presence of american forces there. >> you mentioned china and perhaps the continued slow down on the chinese economy but we're seeing think it week, a rise in regional tensions driven by chinese nationalism over this disputed set of islands. what happens in that region in terms of national security and how, if you were sitting in the white house or if you were taking your magazine to the white house tomorrow what would you be warning them about regional tensions? >> i think it's another very good example of where america is so essential that without the american presence there, without america being prepared to hold the fort, that situation could easily get out of control very fast. >> we're looking at the prospect of some sort of military conflict? >> potentially unfortunately you
it's a bad thing president karzai is playing politics with this and not getting on and doing it. it is crucial. there's an election in afghanistan next year. the question will be is there enough credibility in that election to keep the security situation under control and it will require some continued presence of american forces there. >> you mentioned china and perhaps the continued slow down on the chinese economy but we're seeing think it week, a rise in regional tensions driven by...
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they encouraged karzai to sign it. every public official we have heard from in afghanistan has strongly supported the signing of that agreement. the issue of who had the authority to speak for the ,overeign nation of afghanistan i suppose the lawyers could figure that out. in, we would be interested certainly as secretary of thense, is whenever document he has agreed to. it has to go to their parliament for ratification, not unlike our senate. if it is ratified by their parliament, whether it is the minister of defense or the president, someone who has the authority to sign on behalf of i suspect that would fulfill the time commitment that we need. i do not want to wait further into legal territory. >> thank you. from our perspective, as you look at the agreement, what we need to account for is the freedom of movement for military personnel. we will have to be able to move freely in order to assist with tasks. legal protections for those who serve in afghanistan. -- legalnistan legal system is best described as nascent
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stop supporting one of the most corrupt regimes on this planet today, the karzai regime. take those millions and those billions and reinvest it here at home. we endt it in a way that hunger now. mr. speaker, for millions of our citizens who are hungry, what they worry about and what they fear not halfway around the world, it is halfway down the block. and we ought to make sure we get a farm bill that does not make hunger worse in this country, and if we have a farm bill that cuts snap significantly, i would urge all my colleagues to not only vote against it but fight against t we can do better. let's get a farm bill but not make hunger worse. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. shimkus, for five minutes. mr. shimkus: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to condemn the resent actions taken by the -- recent actions taken by the ukrainian government on its own citizens. a couple weeks ago i stood hopeful urging their government to look wesw
stop supporting one of the most corrupt regimes on this planet today, the karzai regime. take those millions and those billions and reinvest it here at home. we endt it in a way that hunger now. mr. speaker, for millions of our citizens who are hungry, what they worry about and what they fear not halfway around the world, it is halfway down the block. and we ought to make sure we get a farm bill that does not make hunger worse in this country, and if we have a farm bill that cuts snap...
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president karzai has suggested he sees no potential security for an ongoing united states security mission. i couldn't agree more, and the american people have long understood that there is no military solution in afghanistan. especially at a time now when rising income inequality and harmful sequester cuts are hurting families and communities here at home. we need to get our priorities in order and stop spending good money after bad in afghanistan. we have known for years of the rampant waste, fraud and abuse in afghanistan, including bags of cash from the c.i.a. being handed over in suitcases and plastic bags to corrupt afghan officials. enough is enough. we need to end the corruption and end this war. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the president has offered iran what he describes as a very limited, temporary, reversible sanctions relief. in this case, limited mea
president karzai has suggested he sees no potential security for an ongoing united states security mission. i couldn't agree more, and the american people have long understood that there is no military solution in afghanistan. especially at a time now when rising income inequality and harmful sequester cuts are hurting families and communities here at home. we need to get our priorities in order and stop spending good money after bad in afghanistan. we have known for years of the rampant waste,...